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dystussia

/dɪsˈtʌsiə/

dystussia noun: a disordered cough that is a key clinical feature of dysphagia.

Noun

dystussia (uncountable)

  1. A disordered cough that is a key clinical feature of dysphagia

Origin of dystussia

From dys- (“difficult”) + Latin tussis (“cough”) + -ia.

Questions about dystussia

What does dystussia mean?
Dystussia means a disordered cough that is a key clinical feature of dysphagia.
What part of speech is dystussia?
Dystussia is a noun.
How do you pronounce dystussia?
Dystussia is pronounced /dɪsˈtʌsiə/.

Words near dystussia in the dictionary

  1. dystrophynopathy
  2. dystropic
  3. dystropous
  4. dystropy
  5. dystrudept
  6. dystussia
  7. dystychiphobia
  8. dystypia
  9. dystypias
  10. dysungulation
  11. dysuria

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